Yugoslavia 1945 dinar

Steve Album sale 51, lot 3376

This specimen was lot 3376 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $54. The catalog description^[1] noted, "YUGOSLAVIA: 1 dinar, 1945, a wonderful example, PCGS graded MS64." This type was struck in Belgrade by Tito's forces in 1945 along with a fifty para, two dinara (KM 27) and five dinara (KM 28). In the postwar wreckage, the only available material was zinc. It was demonetized in 1956.

Recorded mintage: 90,000,000.

Specifications: 3 g, zinc, 20 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-26.

Sources:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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